Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-06-11
THE SUNDAY LAW,


Everybody sells liquor on SUNDAYS now, and
the result OF the reaction is that half the town Is
Intoxicated on the day that is Dedicated 70 re-
llgton. From famine II has grown 10 be n flood.
Az Terrace Garden Sunday night there was a tho
same time. IL was Rhine wine. In ordering &c
one was obliged TO call for German cider"
i have been enabled 10 get the following ex.
tracts OF the opinions OF the well-kpown LAWYER.
Edward l. Andrews on which the great night
against the blue laws Will he made next week.
On one side is an antquated statute; on the other
the vast liquor and hotel interests OF New York.
with their wealth of brains, assurance energy.
''pull" and capital. The liquor men VIII win
Mr.. Andrews said: ''The legislation or New York
does not authorize any Interference between hotel.
Keepers and their guests. The laws In question
were drawn 10 regulate dram-drlnking and not
bookkeeping. Hotels do not exist 10y sufferance:
on the contrary, they favored by the comrpol
law. Sunday travelling Is lawful and lquor-selling
on sunday Is not a colnmon-law orense. Hence.
inns which are maintained a convenience tor
the travelling public may furnish liquors. &C. on
Sunday. whenever the English parliament has
legislated the sunday liquor trafllc IL has care
fully protected the rights Of inns. For example
the statutes OF William and Victoria contain excep-
tfons like the following: provided. always that
nothing herein contained shall extend % prohibit
the sale OF spirits wine OF beer 10 Traveller Or 10
persons lodging In the house."
LEGISLATION IN NEW YORK.
The line OF legislation In New York is similar.
The revised statutes OF this State after prohibit
ing the sale or liquors Sunday contain the FOL.
lowing safeguard OF hotel rights: 'Escepting TO
dodgers in such inns or taverns 10 persons
actually travelling on that day IN the cases
allowed by law" Careful examination or all the
laws passed since 1880 shows that the above ex-
ception Is still In force and is to-day the law Of
the land. IL has never been expressly repealed
though the legislature has repealed the title I'M
mediately succeeding IL. Implied repeats are dis
favored, and no rep lgnancy exists between this
zens and the closing or bar-rooms. ON the other
hand, instead OF repeating the legislature has
frequently affirmed the principle Involved IA the
foregoing extract from the revision The act OF
1868, after prohibiting midnight and sunday
liquor sales, says: Nothing herein contained
shall be construed TO prevent hotels from receiv-
ing and otherwise entertaining the travelling
public on sunday subject To the restrictions con-
A similar exception is inserted I'm the acts OF
1857 and 1873, being the statutes on which the
present measures against el-keepers are based
The settled policy or the State thus expressed
prohibiting 'saes or liquors, &C, on sundays and
election days 10 any person whatever as a beve.
rage" This rule Is well established and as the
legislature cannot express IA one breath all its
lutely requisite in order TO get at the whole truth
With THIS principle In view, a solution Is easily
reached by simply joining the several clauses re-
latlng 10 The same suoJec;-matter. Legally speak
Ing the entire legslatve conception is, at present.
thus substantially expressed:
"Iou shall not sell liquors on Sunday TO any per-
son as a beverage, but you may receive and enter
tain dodgers and travellers at any timer
The whole legislative object IS thus achieved
Bar-rooms are closed, dram drinking Is stopped
but the unwarrantaDle result t. avoided OF dictat
ing what citizen shall consume 1t his hotel aud
on his dinner table The hight viii be made on this
basis IL Will be an Interesting struggle bu there
Is small doubt OF the result. New York is weary
ers, and Will take the Law into her own hands
BLAKELY bali.